Castlelyons Juvenile GAA Club Notes: 09.03.2016

 U10 – Match Report;

Our U10 hurlers had a great first outing of the year last Saturday at the Owen Geary memorial Indoor Hurling Blitz in Ballyduff. After losing their opening game to Ballyduff 3-1, where the boys struggled with the pace of the indoor game, the boys raised their game beating first Cois Bride and then a fancied St Oliver side, to set up a rematch with Ballyduff in the final. In the final, we got off to the worst possible start conceding a soft goal in the first minute and then Ballyduff scored 2 more in quick succession to leave us 3 -0 down in the opening minutes.

However the boys then showed their character and rose to the occasion. Paddy Dooley and David Hegarty shored up the defence, Olan Lenehan and Jack Cremin took hold of the game and fed great ball into Arron Goggin who struck for goal, followed quickly by another great goal from Olan. Ballyduff got one more before Jack Cremin unleashed a rocket to the bottom corner. With the game in its final few minutes, Castlelyons lined up for shots on the Ballyduff goal with Cathal O'Riordan, Ruari Counihan, Keelan Buckley all going close but time ran out with Ballyduff holding on for a 4 -3 victory. There were also great performance from Sean O'Callaghan and Kevin Barry on the day. 

Well done to all the boys who played and thanks to Ballyduff for their hospitality on the day and great mornings hurling.

U11/U12 – Training Update;

U11/U12 training now taking place on Monday evening from 7.00-8.00 in Leahy’s Field. Training is also on Saturday mornings, time to be confirmed by text, again in Leahy’s Field.

U16 Update;

Our U16 footballers got their season off to a winning start with a good win over Brian Dillons at Tank Field Mayfield on Sunday morning last.  New captain David Morrison, operating at centre forward, was in flying form and had goaled twice in the opening ten minutes.  Our backs were well on top, where Conor McCarthy and Declan Geary were particularly good, and restricted Brian Dillons to two points in the first half. Further goals from Shane Cotter and Gavin O'Neill along with points from Shane Flynn and Richard Morrison had us in a very commanding position at half time.

For the second half our selectors took the opportunity to look at players in different positions which broke our momentum a bit, however another goal from Shane Flynn and points from Shane Cotter, Stephen Casey, David Morrison and Richard Morrison saw us run out easy winners on a scoreline of 5 goals and 6 points to 3 points to Brian Dillons. Our next assignment will be a home game to Shamrocks in Castlelyons on Sunday next at 2pm.

The Panel the played against Brian Dillons was Eoin O'Neill, Peter Hegarty, Declan Geary, Jack Kenny, Conor McCarthy, Peter Roche, Shane Flynn, Richard Morrison, David Morrison, Stephen Casey, Gavin O'Neill, Shane Cotter and Declan Morrison.

Lotto;

Our next Lotto Draw will take place on Monday March 14th, in the Abbey Bar. The jackpot prize for this draw will be a Whopping € 7,200.  You can purchase your ticket at any of the training sessions over the coming week or from the many local businesses and promoters. Thank you to everyone who continually supports our Club Lotto.

Fixtures;

Please note that all matches are weather dependant and confirmation will sent by text prior to the match. Updates will be on Twitter/Facebook. These dates and times are correct at time of going to press but may subsequently change.

U16        Castleyons V Shamrocks Football             Castlelyons Pitch, Sunday March 13th    2.00pm  Kick-off

Training;

Astroturf Training incurs a fee of €2 per child, to cover the cost of the pitch rental. Please note that all hurley’s with a band, must have the band covered with insulation tape for these training sessions.

U6-2016.

Training continues this Saturday in the Astro Turf in Bridesbridge from 9.30-10.00am.

U7/8 – 2016.

Training continues this Saturday in the Astro Turf in BridesBridge from 11.00-12.00am.

 U10 – 2016

Training continues this Saturday in the Astro Turf in BridesBridge from 10.00-11.00am.

 U11/U12 -2016.

Training has moved to Leahy’s Field on Monday evenings from 7.00-8.00pm.

 U13/U14 – 2016.

Training continues every Monday night in the Astro Turf in BridesBridge from 6.00-7.00pm.

 U16 – 2016.

Football training this Friday night on the main pitch from 6.30-7.30, to be confirmed by text.

U18 Minor – 2016.

Training has moved to the main pitch, with times and dates being confirmed by text.

 Sponsor;

We would like to sincerely thank Riordan’s Supervalu for their ongoing sponsorship of the Juvenile Club. We would ask everyone, in turn, to support local and support Riordan’s Supervalu.